Attorneys for Humana and UnitedHealthcare asked a judge Monday to order the rebidding of a contract awarded to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to administer the HMO plan for state workers, retirees and their dependents.Lawyers representing Blue Cross and the state Office of Group...

(International Rectal Microbicide Advocates) Results of the world's first efficacy trial of an HIV-prevention approach called oral pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, were released online in the New England Journal of Medicine today. The data on adherence suggests the need for other...

LeukoDx Inc. is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of thinXXS Microtechnology AG to develop the single use microfluidics cartridge to be used in its Point of Care micro-flowcytometry platform.

Let's Move Together Movement Tracker Empowers Patients to Track Incremental Successes ST. LOUIS, Nov 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --The Arthritis Foundation and Covidien (NYSE: COV) have joined forces to help advance awareness and support for millions of people suffering from osteoarthritis...

CT protocols for ischemic stroke can be expanded to cover the heart as well as the head and neck, obviating other imaging tests that may be necessary to pinpoint the source of the stroke, a new study finds.

Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, said Monday it will pay $800 million in cash to buy the remaining 89 percent of blood pressure treatment maker Ardian Inc. that it doesn't already own.Privately held Ardian makes a catheter system designed to treat high blood pressure by...

The U.S. Tennis Association is suing Olympus Corporation of the Americas for $11.65 million for breach of contract, saying the camera company wants to get out of their sponsorship agreement for 2011.Olympus and the USTA have been partners since 2003. In a 2007 agreement, they extended their...

The U.S. Tennis Association is suing Olympus Corporation of the
Americas for $11.65 million for breach of contract, saying the
camera company wants to get out of their sponsorship agreement for
2011.Olympus and the USTA have been partners since 2003. In a 2007
agreement, they extended their...

Biotechnology company Maxygen Inc. said Monday that it will distribute its stake in Codexis Inc. and about $30 million in cash to its own shareholders.Maxygen owns about 6 million shares of Codexis, which represents a 17-percent stake in the company. It has warrants to buy another 31,000...

Ed Sperling from System Design Magazine recently published a very nice article explaining the key motivations and consequences of moving from 2D-SOC to partitioned and stacked die 3D-ICs, as seen as from a IC designer perspective.